If you know god, then what?

Rich said:
There are roughly 2.3 billion Christians in the world. If even 75% of them say a single prayer each day, that adds up to about 1.7 billion prayers daily—nearly 72 million every hour. It’s hard to imagine any entity processing that much simultaneous input. For me, the scientific explanation seems more coherent than the faith-based one
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If one believes in God, creator of the world and all it holds, and the universe itself, surely they would accept that he could process more simultaneous input than Google.
 
Jim M said:
It took a while to repair because even in 1980 the engine, a Hallscott, overhead cam, horizontally mounted in-line 6 cylinder engine, was obsolete even then. I took me about 3 months of Saturdays to get all of them up to par. When I felt they were, I took a Saturday off. The next Saturday when I showed up to the Church to make some checks, the pastor call me in his office and said, "I want you to take your tools home with you. You said you'd be here every Saturday and you didn't show up last Saturday."
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Wow.
First church I went to there was a guy who very often lead the worship. He was always so happy and enthusiastic. 2 years later or so I saw him while I was biking. I had gone to another church. He had left church altogether because he had to wear a tie and he didn't so he wasn't allowed to sing anymore. Unbelievable.
 
When I was young, I went to church every time the door was open so to speak. Outside of the few that were the churches gossips, most of the congregation was nice. What turned me off about church back then is, the elders wanted to do the thinking for you and tell you how you're supposed to think and act.

I kind of blew that off until a certain evangelist came to our church and not once, not twice, but three times he drug me down to the altar. I do not know why. I was a good teenager back then (he should have seen me after I left the church and started sowing a few wild oats!) I think evangelists are like cops, they must have a quota system. He literally turned me against going to church. Even today (after 50+ years), I could pick him out of a line up and I can still smell his foul breath as he was dragging me down to that alter.

Several years went by after that, that I did not attend church. I just recently this past year started going back to church with a different denomination. The congregation is friendly, and they don't try to push their beliefs on you. They preach from the Bible and leave it for you to decide what you feel drawn to believe in.
 
Rich said:
There are roughly 2.3 billion Christians in the world. If even 75% of them say a single prayer each day, that adds up to about 1.7 billion prayers daily—nearly 72 million every hour. It’s hard to imagine any entity processing that much simultaneous input. For me, the scientific explanation seems more coherent than the faith-based one
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Having to spend time to listen
to about 1.7 billion prayers daily—nearly 72 million every hour.
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might explain why so many aren't experiencing this.

Jeremiah 29:11: This well-known verse states, “For I know the plans I have for you,” declares the Lord, “plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future.”
 
Here is the thing about belief and faith. It has nothing to do with investigation, education, documented facts, essays, collected life works of devoted believers. Denominations, statements of belief, pretrib, posttrib, which version of the bible you read.
It has to do with you, believing that God exist and closing your eyes and praying to him. No, let me clarify. Talk to him, remembering that you are talking to the creator of the universe. He is God, He can hear millions of voices and know each one. He can hear you. He created you. Don't get hung up in your inability to comprehend God. You can't and never will.
Just pray, if you believe in his existence and wait. He will answer you. Maybe in words that you don't like but if you take the time to consider what you are being told, you may be surprised.
God looks at the intent of your heart. Let me say this again. He created you, he loves you and he wants you to trust him. Unconditional.
Get to that point when you give it all up, put it in his hands. You will be surprised, shocked and will have discovered the true understanding of why you can now sleep at night, because you have God.
Doesn't matter which church, denomination, just go. Join with other believers. Worship, pray, sing to God.
You go, and just say"I am here to worship you God"
 
MACKTEXAS said:
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If one believes in God, creator of the world and all it holds, and the universe itself, surely they would accept that he could process more simultaneous input than Google.
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I’m sure many believers see this differently than I do, but I’ve never been able to convince myself that a being of such immense power truly exists. And if such an entity did, I find it hard to imagine that the wants and needs voiced in daily prayers would amount to anything more than trivial noise to it. In the words of Jim Morrison, "you cannot petition the lord with prayer" 😬

I also wrestle with the idea that a benevolent creator would allow the world’s suffering to persist as it does. I’ve never been able to reconcile that, even with the familiar reassurances—“we don’t understand God’s plan” or “He never gives us more than we can handle.” Those explanations simply don’t resolve the tension for me.

That said, I do understand the comfort faith provides for so many, as rbtvgo described. I’m genuinely glad it brings him peace. I suppose my experience is just different.
 
Rich said:
There are roughly 2.3 billion Christians in the world. If even 75% of them say a single prayer each day, that adds up to about 1.7 billion prayers daily—nearly 72 million every hour. It’s hard to imagine any entity processing that much simultaneous input. For me, the scientific explanation seems more coherent than the faith-based one
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Spare a thought for poor old Allah he has the same number of god botherers praying to him, not once but 5 times a day (I think that's right), probably quite fed up with the whole thing.

Even omnipotent beings deserve time off or at least some down time, poor buggers.
 
Wombat said:
Spare a thought for poor old Allah he has the same number of god botherers praying to him, not once but 5 times a day (I think that's right), probably quite fed up with the whole thing.

Even omnipotent beings deserve time off or at least some down time, poor buggers.
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Excellent point!
 

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